religion – Page 2 – The Spinoff

There’s a God in our Christmas

17 December 201922 December 2016 by Thalia Kehoe Rowden

Thalia Kehoe Rowden, a former Baptist minister, and a mother of two writes about why God is part of her Christmas. Last Christmas we were in Thailand, where it’s not a public holiday. Santa is in every mall, but Jesus? Not so much. It didn’t make too much difference to us. The meaningful parts of … Read more

There’s no God in our Christmas

17 December 201921 December 2016 by Angela Cuming

For many families Christmas isn’t about the birth of Jesus. Angela Cuming explains why she chooses to have a life, and Christmas, without religion. I was five years old when the Catholic Church told me I’d never get into heaven. An unbaptised child of two Roman Catholic parents, it had been a great aunt’s dying … Read more